Birthday Cake Cool Whip Mix-Ins

Birthday Cake Cool Whip - Shop Rite

This has been in my freezer FOREVER. Well, not literally, but this was an impulse buy I made right around the time quarantine first began. I braved the stores to buy ice cream for my then ex and his daughter (who were obsessed with Turkey Hill vanilla bean and it was on sale), and I spotted this. My judgement wasn't the best, being in panic-mode, and I hadn't had Cool Whip in forever, so I grabbed it. 

Several months of quarantine, a cancelled wedding, 2 new hair colors, and about 5 mental health crisis later, here we are. So, is this still edible? And, if so, is it good? 

Chocolate Coated Sugar Bombs - Birthday Cake 3 Musketeers

Birthday Cake 3 Musketeers  - Walmart

You know the old, "stopped in for milk left with new bedding, a blender, and seasonal guest towels that are for looking, not touching," memes that gets tossed around online? Well, I just did that. With Walmart. And junk-food. 

I went in to grab some command hooks and left with 3 different kinds of Pop-Tarts, Honey BBQ Frito Twists (the BEST), 3 different boxes of novelty cereal, Reese's Thins, and Brach's Marshmallow Easter Hunt Eggs. Oh, and Command Hooks. 

To rationalize my junk-food shopping spree, I decided to review it all, starting with the candy bars.

Birthday Cake Airhead - 7-Eleven

Birthday Cake Airhead - 7-Eleven

Today is my friend Karen's birthday, so why not celebrate by eating a cake flavored taffy and then describing it to a bunch of strangers on the internet? To top things off I'm not even sharing it with her! (Sorry Karen, but to be honest, I'm really skeptical about this flavor, so it sounds selfish, but I might be taking a cake-flavored bullet for you. You're welcome.) 

Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake - Pinterest Recipe Review

Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake -  Pinterest Recipe Review : The Pin The Recipe

Happy Birthday Sean!
My friend Sean’s birthday was this week, so I asked him what kind of cake he’d like. He said lemon, so I made this lemon poppy seed bundt cake.

I made a few modifications:

• I switched the yogurt out for sourcream. (Mainly because I had some on hand.)
• I also used half the amount of poppy seeds.  1/4 a cup seemed like a LOT of seeds and I just didn’t have that many in my pantry.
• I topped the whole thing with a sprinkling of vanilla sugar I picked up from Ikea instead of glaze/icing. 

The finished cake was really delicious. It reminds me a lot of the lemon poppy mini bundt cakes that were sold at Panera. (They are sadly discontinued.)

This was a delicious recipe with a bright lemony flavor, and I would happily make it again.

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